One bright spot - 13 Josh Fussell

[ricko654321]

Too many depressing things to talk about on offense so in the interest of finding a positive topic - 13 Josh Fussell came in at CB and looked really good I thought. Tight coverage and a couple nice breaks on the ball. As a redshirt Freshman thought he looked athletic and promising. Reminded me of when Sherrick came in off the bench and was lockdown in his first game. Hoping we have another talent. Looked better than 12 right away IMO, admittedly small sample size, and I think potentially better than 10 as well. Hope he can keep it up.

 

[Baz=Heisman]

Totally agree. And I liked his swagger. I wonder if he replaces Evan Smith. Smith has not been good.

 

[Hungry Jack]

I always like his game going back to his tape.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

I guess I’d have to go back and rewatch individual CBs since I mostly thought our DBs looked collectively like they were well coached and battling but ultimately overmatched by good (but not great) P2 WRs. But it wouldn’t surprise me if one or two had a better game.

 

[gocatsgo2003]

Coaches have been high on Fussell for a while now.

 

[jensberg]

Too many depressing things to talk about on offense so in the interest of finding a positive topic - 13 Josh Fussell came in at CB and looked really good I thought. Tight coverage and a couple nice breaks on the ball. As a redshirt Freshman thought he looked athletic and promising. Reminded me of when Sherrick came in off the bench and was lockdown in his first game. Hoping we have another talent. Looked better than 12 right away IMO, admittedly small sample size, and I think potentially better than 10 as well. Hope he can keep it up.

#10 got beat badly twice, one for a touchdown. Not good for our top DB.

 

[ricko654321]

#10 got beat badly twice, one for a touchdown. Not good for our top DB.

Agreed. He was not having a good game. I was wondering if he was pulled for injury or for some other reason.

 

[ricko654321]

I guess I’d have to go back and rewatch individual CBs since I mostly thought our DBs looked collectively like they were well coached and battling but ultimately overmatched by good (but not great) P2 WRs. But it wouldn’t surprise me if one or two had a better game.

There was a noticeable difference from my eyes in the 300 level on that side of the field. He shut it down when he came in and they basically stopped throwing there (although to be fair they had a 3 score lead so didn’t need to throw at all really). Small sample size again to be clear, but he looked to me to be clearly better than the two guys we’ve been starting for the first few games this year.

I’m not a football evaluator at all so who knows, I don’t know how to say it other than that he just looked different than the other CBs we’ve had, and I mean that in the best way (as with the comparison to Sherrick). Time will tell if it was just a figment of my imagination or if he’s got real talent.

 

[ricko654321]

Totally agree. And I liked his swagger. I wonder if he replaces Evan Smith. Smith has not been good.

Yeah. 12 has been a target of opposing QBs. He’s not awful but he has not been particularly good thus far. Young and room for development / improvement we hope.